News from the Caribbean for
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Archives for Monday, March 27, 2006:
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| PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad: The Integrity in Public Life trial against Trinidad's Opposition Leader Basdeo has taken a new twist, with Panday saying that £119,000 deposited in a joint account with his wife, Orma Panday, in London was a gift. read more.. |
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| ORANJESTAD, Aruba (UPI): The man leading the investigation into the disappearance of Alabama teenager Natalee Holloway in Aruba says he does not think she was murdered. read more.. |
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| VIENNA, Austria (AFP): Austrian bank BAWAG Friday confirmed it suffered losses of about 1.0 billion euros (1.2 billion dollars) between 1995 and 2000 in high-risk financial dealings in the Caribbean. read more.. |
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| HAVANA, Cuba (AFP): The United States on Friday granted entry visas to 14 of the 15 Cubans it repatriated in January after they fled their country illegally and reached a bridge near Florida, but not the US shore, a group spokesman said. read more.. |
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| PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (UPI): Haitian and United Nations police are investigating 17 human skulls found littered around a wooded suburb of the country's capital, Port-au-Prince. read more.. |
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| PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AFP): Rene Preval on Sunday begins a three-day visit to the United States -- his first as Haiti's president-elect -- for talks with US President George W. Bush and officials from various international organizations. read more.. |
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| PARAMARIBO, Suriname (AFP): Suriname and French Guiana agreed Friday to tackle a range of booming cross-border crimes, authorities said. read more.. |
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| PARIS, France (Bloomberg): Royal Dutch Shell Plc has one word to offer on the subject of its musical oil barrels. "What?" says Shell spokeswoman Alexandra Wright in London. The World Cup is about to change Shell's tune. read more.. |
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| ROSEAU, Dominica: Dominica’s foreign policy is the strongest it has ever been, says UN Ambassador Crispin Gregoire, as the island widens its diplomatic relations. read more.. |
COMMENTARY
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 There is an urgent need for the establishment of a structured forum by which Caribbean governments and the regional private sector organisations consult regularly on trade issues. The point has been made by Barbados Prime Minister Owen Arthur read more.. |
LETTERS
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| I am writing to make you aware of a website with a very disturbing article from a former inmate at Glendairy and Harrison Point prisons here in Barbados, West Indies. read more.. |
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| Please let the Aruban people know that not all Americans are ignorant. There are many of us that know our US government and judicial system is one of the worst in the world. read more.. |
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| In response to the letter of Eugene G. Bernat about unanswered quesstions and lies in the Natalee Holloway case. read more.. |
SPORTS NEWS
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| NAPIER, New Zealand (AFP): A classy 83 from Brian Lara and an unbeaten 70 from Runako Morton carried the West Indies to 256 for four against New Zealand before further rain brought an early end to the second day of the third and final cricket Test here Sunday. read more.. |
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MELBOURNE, Australia:  Individual men's and women's 100 metres champions Asafa Powell and Sheri-Ann Brooks ran scorching relay legs to help Jamaica complete a clean sweep of Commonwealth Games sprint titles at the Melbourne Cricket Ground in Australia on Saturday. read more.. |
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MELBOURNE, Australia (AFP):  Canada scooped two Commonwealth gold medals in the diving pool Friday, with Cuban-born Arturo Miranda erasing his Olympic heartache with a win he said repaid an emotional debt to his adopted homeland. Canada won gold in the men's 3m synchro springboard. read more.. |
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| MELBOURNE, Australia (AFP): A Cuban influence is behind India's resurgent boxing fortunes at the Melbourne Commonwealth Games with three boxers fighting for gold medals here Saturday. read more.. |
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| LONDON, England: Four Caribbean representatives, Reggae Boys Ian Goodison and Deon Burton, as well as Trinidad and Tobago's Stern John and Barbadian international Paul Ifill, found the back of the net for their respective teams in England on Saturday. read more.. |
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| MIAMI, USA: Jamaican international Onandi Lowe, who recently signed with United Soccer Leagues (USL) side Miami FC, could play alongside Brazil's 1994 World Cup star Romario after the club announced they are in negotiation to acquire the player's signature. read more.. |
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| MELBOURNE, Australia: High-profile Jamaican sprinter, Asafa Powell, who on Monday won his first major championships gold medal at the 18th Commonwealth Games in Australia, said he never intended to break the 10-second barrier during his flamboyant run to win the 100 metre finals in Melbourne. read more.. |
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